DAILY VOCABULARY
1)LAMBASTE(VERB)-TO CRITICIZE ANGRILY
SYNONYM-CRITICIZE,CASTIGATE
ANTONYM-ACCLAIM,COMMEND
USAGE-HIS BOSS LAMBASTED HIM FOR NOT DOING HIS JOB PROPERLY.
2)PREPONDERANCE(NOUN)-THE QUALITY OR FACT OF BECOMING GREATER IN NUMBER
SYNONYM-PREVALENCE,PREDOMINANCE
ANTONYM-COUPLE,FEW
USAGE-THE PREPONDERANCE IN MEDICAL TESTS SUGGESTS THAT HE HAVE MORE NUMBER OF DISEASES IN HIM.
3)ARRAIGN(VERB)-TO CALL BEFORE A COURT TO ANSWER
SYNONYM-APPEAL,BOOK
ANTONYM-ADVOCATE,CHAMPION
USAGE-THE ACCUSED HAS TO ARRAIGN BEFORE THE COURT TOMORRROW.
4)DISTRATE(ADJECTIVE)-DISTRACTED OR ABSENT MINDED
SYNONYM-FORGETFUL,INATTENTIVE
ANTONYM-ALERT,ATTENTIVE
USAGE-YOU SEEM TO BE DISTRATE IN YOUR MIND.
5)NONPAREIL(ADJECTIVE)-HAVING NO MATCH OR EQUAL
SYNONYM-INCOMPARABLE,MATCHLESS
ANTONYM-FAMILIAR,FREQUENT
USAGE-THE TEAM DESERVED TO BE CHAMPIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE NONPAREIL THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
6)LENITY(NOUN)-KIND,GENTLE
SYNONYM-CHARITY,CLEMENCY
ANTONYM-RUTHLESSNESS,VIRULENCE
USAGE-THEY SHOWED GREAT LENITY TOWARDS THEIR WORKERS
7)VALIANT(ADJECTIVE)-SHOWING COURAGE
SYNONYM-BRAVE,FEARLESS
ANTONYM-COWARDLY,IRRESOLUTE
USAGE-YOU HAVE TO BE VALIANT IN YOUR WORK
8)EXTOL(VERB)-PRAISE ENTHUSIASTICALLY
SYNONYM-EULOGIZE,ACCLAIM
ANTONYM-CRITICIZE
USAGE-I GOT ANGRY WHEN MY MOTHER WOULD EXTOL MY BROTHER BUT WOULD NOT PRAISE ME FOR ALL THE GOOD WORKS THAT I DID.
9)PANDER(VERB)-GRATIFY OR INDULGE
SYNONYM-INDULGE,GRATIFY
ANTONYM-ANNOY,FRUSTATE
USAGE-JIM DOES NOT WANT TO PANDER HIS SON BECAUSE HE WANTS HIS SON TO UNDERSTAND VALUE OF ONE DOLLAR.